Young children with developed rhythm skills perform better academically in early school years.

Piano students are better equipped to comprehend mathematical and scientific concepts.

Music training helps underachievers.

Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music scored higher than those who did not in standardized tests.

High school music students score higher on SATs in both verbal and math than their peers.

Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school. Also, a study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest scores among all majors including English, Biology, Chemistry,and Math.